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  • Thrust to be on value-added products
  • Education loan sanctioned

    • Anantapur

  • 2 killed in roof collapse

    • Andhra Pradesh

  • Volkswagen team's doubts cleared by A.P. officials
  • All for a bridge
  • Koi bachao please from this assault!
  • A `true' love story dubbed to entertain Telugu audience
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    • Andhra Pradesh - Others

  • Pothireddipadu: further capacity hike mooted
  • Police prevent clashes
  • New `garuda vahanam' for goddess Padmavathi
  • `No-contest' at most coop. societies
  • Progress of scheme reviewed
  • Farmers rally behind Mudragada
  • TDP, TRS' stand flayed

    • Badminton

  • Lavanya-Priyanka in semifinals

    • Bangalore

  • Keep bureaucracy free from interference
  • Regulations, graft identified as major growth constraints
  • Property price boom in Bangalore to end soon?
  • Book on new land guideline values fails to hit stall
  • A small team in a software firm can stay focussed
  • IT professionals' work-life balance poor
  • Call centre eligibility test launched
  • Traffic jams have become common
  • Rs. 10-crore aid for quake-hit Kashmir
  • Builder's petition adjourned
  • Body of man found
  • Novel scheme to evaluate standard of schools
  • Miscreants rob software engineer of cellphone, cash
  • Two officials trapped by Lokayukta
  • Elderly couple murdered over financial dispute in Hoskote taluk
  • Mayor's directive to officials
  • Police station shifted
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    • Belgaum

  • Kittur Utsav from October 23

    • Bellary

  • Kala Prathibhotsava from October 20
  • Incessant rain

    • Bidar

  • Officials reprimanded for delay in implementing water schemes
  • `Rainwater harvesting can help combat fluoride contamination'
  • Six houses burgled

    • Bridge

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  • Kamal Nath to review export performance
  • India Cements raises $100 m through GDS
  • Essar group to set up steel plant in Trinidad
  • UTI Bank net doubles
  • SBI-MF Emerging Business Fund pays 51 p.c.
  • Orchid net at Rs. 27 cr. in Q2
  • Hanwha appoints distributor
  • Valuemart buys stake in HVO Tech
  • PSL to raise Rs. 50 crore
  • South Indian Bank to augment share capital
  • Toyota Kirloskar Motor opens new sales centre

    • Business

  • Inflation crosses four per cent
  • Citigroup promotes centre on microfinance
  • Tata Motors likely to increase car prices
  • New service from Tata Tele
  • Sensex crashes 175 points
  • ACE plans major expansion
  • Chamber wants new policy for risk management products
  • CIL eyes mining in Africa
  • Sahara rolls out PC for Rs. 9,999
  • HCL launches sub-Rs. 10,000 PC
  • Rupee recovers

    • Cartoons

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    • Chennai

  • Quake: `Centre yet to revise vulnerability map'
  • New wage accord for TNEB employees
  • Concern over Council's future
  • Southern Railway registers 12.5 p.c. increase in earnings
  • Panic, gloom grip Choolaippallam
  • Official postings
  • These schoolchildren now have a lot to smile for
  • Rajasthani handiwork on show in city
  • Railways undertaking major safety drive
  • Civic bodies "ready" to tackle natural disasters
  • Polytechnics to adopt methods to make the disabled employable
  • Ahead of opening, subway faces problem
  • Stanley college holds blood donation camp
  • Thank you and goodbye, says Thiagarajan
  • RMK engineering college ties up with private firm
  • Training teachers to check students for eye disorders
  • Film buffs to get a Japanese treat
  • Electricity staff to strike work today
  • Shreya is the heroine in "Sivaji"
  • Vasan disputes Jayalalithaa's claim on welfare schemes
  • Queensland University to enrol students
  • Rasna's new enriched fruit drink
  • Applications called for Young Achievers Award
  • Bosskey's new play
  • Jewellery on display in city
  • Chinmaya Heritage Centre gets new hall
  • Don Bosco alumni meet
  • MDMK donation
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    • Chess

  • Topalov is new world champion

    • Coimbatore

  • Police take lessons on life-saving efforts
  • Mills sign bonus agreements
  • MP demands higher solatium
  • Around the City
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  • Law & Order

    • Cricket

  • Dravid will be a good Test captain: Wadekar
  • Buchanan reappointed coach
  • Ganguly to be examined on Oct. 18
  • Chappell all praise for Rahul Dravid
  • Scorpio Speedster contest
  • The best week: Dravid
  • Bala scalps five

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    • Cuddalore

  • National Rural Health Programme launched

    • Editorials

  • A new complication in Andhra Pradesh
  • The year of the novel

    • Erode

  • Drop in price of turmeric
  • Classrooms sought

    • Football

  • Santosh Trophy: Govt. to provide financial aid

    • Front Page

  • Centre turns down plea by Nanavati
  • Uma Bharti complains to Sudarshan
  • Bonus bonanza for State PSU employees
  • Hayden's redemption
  • Sreesanth in Indian team
  • Sensex crashes 175 points
  • Thiagarajan expelled from AIADMK
  • Four children killed as wall collapses in cylinder explosion at MGR Nagar
  • Two-phase elections to zilla and taluk panchayats in December
  • A remedy that is worse than the malady
  • Drainage scheme: Deadline extended
  • LDF got 49 p.c. votes in elections: CPI(M)
  • Volkswagen team returns home `satisfied'
  • `India mindful of its ties with Iran'
  • Now, basic medical care at doorstep
  • Judge killed
  • Ordinance issued
  • Trial run postponed
  • State Cabinet regularises YSR's land
  • Three killed in clashes
  • Enlightened self-interest Jobs aplenty
  • Gun battle as insurgents ambush BSF men in Manipur

    • Golf

  • World Cricket Golfers' championship

    • Gulbarga

  • Vehicles, shops stoned in Jewargi

    • Guntur

  • Parts of Bapatla water-logged
  • Joint survey of commercial areas soon, says Commissioner

    • Haryana

  • Kyrgyz Republic seeks Haryana's help
  • Rs. 278 crores sanctioned for roads, bridges in Haryana

    • Hassan

  • Outer ring road for Hassan in the offing
  • Concept paper on lakes is ready
  • MLA appeals for bypass road

    • Hubli-Dharwad

  • SGRY implementation not up to the mark
  • Public jatha for restoration of tank
  • Corporation premises become a playground
  • Rs. 280-crore master plan for twin cities
  • Aid for campaign
  • Burgled

    • Hyderabad

  • State set to emerge `Henry Hub' of India
  • It is time to focus on urban infrastructure
  • Koi bachao please from this assault!
  • Blast victim from Bangladesh?
  • Air pollution research centre opened
  • Rain claims 5 lives in State
  • Blending education with work
  • Cabinet makes appeal to RTC staff
  • Expert sees potential for biomedical research
  • All the action is for a bridge
  • Unilateral decisions will not help, says CPI(M)
  • Chief Minister flags off relief material for J&K
  • Lok Satta campaign on RTI from today
  • RDX was used in the explosion, says police chief
  • President Kalam arrives
  • State in first batch to join tax info system
  • A `true' love story
  • APCC chief pulls up Ponnala
  • Plea to avert RTC strike
  • Stress on improving longevity of aged
  • More floor space index allowed
  • Rajendra Prasad calls on YSR
  • Who is the top gun?
  • Around the City
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    • India & World

  • Two more Indians stranded in PoK are safe
  • Indian killed in accident at Shanghai

    • International

  • Rescue operation called off in PoK
  • Asian socialite jailed in U.K.
  • Pinter to continue anti-war campaign
  • Japanese Parliament approves bill to privatise postal services
  • Key air base turned into relief camp
  • Clandestine Service head
  • Vaccine alert over bird flu
  • Sistani calls for "Yes" vote in referendum
  • Coming soon: Spielberg video games
  • Vaccine alert over bird flu

    • Judo

  • Jr. National judo from Oct. 19

    • Kannur

  • Focus on Medical Practitioners Bill
  • Two-day painting camp gets under way in Kannur
  • Kannur University union inauguration on October 18
  • Bus strike continues, talks fail

    • Karimnagar

  • Dalits boycott upper castes
  • Action plan prepared to develop interior villages
  • Police Commemoration Day celebrations from today

    • Karnataka

  • Armed security for reservoirs in Karnataka
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  • In Hubli-Dharwad Today

    • Karnataka - Others

  • BJP leaders put up united front
  • Most village roads in Davangere damaged
  • Maize procurement centres in Davangere
  • Tension at railway station
  • Computer problem hits issuing of Pahani
  • Charge sheet against two MLAs

    • Kerala

  • `India always mindful of historical ties with Iran'
  • Fewer accidents
  • Wayanad
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  • In Palakkad Today
  • In Kollam Today
  • In Kannur Today
  • In Thrissur Today

    • Kerala - Others

  • Centre sanctions eco-tourism projects

    • Khammam

  • Tribals detain officials

    • Kochi

  • Writ plea seeks to enforce wildlife Act
  • Plan to introduce route, serial numbers for private buses
  • 50 injured in bus accident
  • 173 gas cylinders seized in raids
  • Cine star Srinivasan's house attached
  • New Chairman for Cochin Port Trust
  • Around the City
  • In Kochi Today
  • Law & Order

    • Kollam

  • Confusion in police force over provisions of river protection Act
  • Protest against poor condition of NH-208
  • KC(M) men join KC(J)

    • Kottayam

  • Marian Senior Secondary School leading in CBSE youth fete
  • 50 BJP workers resign

    • Kozhikode

  • Council decides on constitution of standing panels
  • Price rise to hit sale of gold
  • Fruit market not upbeat, say traders
  • Pazhassi memorial programmes
  • `Fruit markets not upbeat'
  • `Blind being denied opportunities'
  • Call to relocate families near reservoir

    • Kurnool

  • Low lying areas in Kurnool inundated

    • Leader Page Articles

  • In search of a settlement in Afghanistan

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  • Matter of concern
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  • AMU ruling

    • Madikeri

  • Impressive procession for Dasara in Madikeri

    • Madurai

  • Members bitter over Mayor's move
  • Community participation imperative for eradicating blindness
  • He gets a kick out of writing peculiarly
  • Trade body against freight reclassification
  • Varsity offers beautician course
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Law & Order

    • Mangalore

  • Three held on charge of supplying arms to naxals
  • Varsity to review affiliation of colleges
  • Corporation takes steps to improve water supply
  • Mine lorries: MLAs urge Deputy Commissioner to end impasse
  • An Iftar of a different kind
  • In Mangalore Today

    • Mysore

  • Rs. 5.5 crores promised to replace electricity pumps
  • Wadiyar enters online education league
  • Fiji seeks India's help to revive its sugar industry
  • `Revamp Jamboo Savari'
  • Non-release of grant dominates meeting
  • Effigy-burning made easy
  • Seminar on agriculture

    • Nagapattinam

  • `Tap talents of students'

    • Nalgonda

  • Three held on cheating charge

    • National

  • Militancy fears hold back relief
  • Reconstruction strategy adopted
  • Do not brush aside workers' protest, says Prakash Karat
  • National building code evolved
  • Telecom contingency plan: court refuses to vacate stay
  • Left sabotaging reforms, says BJP
  • ``Newspaper revolution in India unparalleled''
  • Remembering Ambedkar
  • No interference by RSS, says Vajpayee
  • Centre may stockpile drugs for bird flu
  • Kalam was misled: Advani
  • Aid organisations allowed to send aid to Pakistan
  • Mirwaiz plea
  • India, Myanmar Home Secretaries hold talks
  • Wireless ways to click and send
  • Viswa Bharati varsity takes cue from IIT Kharagpur to grow tea
  • Army initiative to protect computer networks
  • Army officer dismissed
  • Dalai Lama donates Rs. 1 crore
  • Nagpur Airport being renamed

    • Nellore

  • Banks told to help farmers

    • New Delhi

  • An ode to the queen of musical instruments
  • Sheila told to put her house in order
  • Delhi Govt. to ask CBI to probe Asola lapses
  • Decks cleared for cleaner colonies
  • Traffic restrictions for Sunday
  • Monitor squatters' rehabilitation project, orders High Court
  • Three held for murder of 8-year-old
  • Power crisis deepens
  • Ten new dengue cases reported
  • One day's pay for quake relief
  • Students, management at loggerheads
  • Varsity fair today
  • Gender-based violence reflects inequities: report
  • Industry pledges aid for the quake-hit
  • I.G. Patel an icon in policymaking: PM
  • Information Commission set up
  • Bihar gangster shot dead
  • Around the City
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  • In the Capital Today
  • Law & Order

    • News Analysis

  • An attack that was waiting to happen?

    • Obituary

  • Obituary

    • Ongole

  • Heavy rain lashes Prakasam district
  • Police martyrs week from today

    • Palakkad

  • UDF, LDF boycott council meeting

    • Pathanamthitta

  • No Forest Special Officer in Sabarimala for pilgrim season
  • Town development project gets under way in Thiruvalla

    • Pondicherry

  • Additional kerosene supply to cardholders for Deepavali
  • Karaikal not neglected, says Rangasamy
  • Free coaching in Sanskrit
  • All-India Kannada literary meet
  • Lakhera, Rangasamy greet Kalam
  • Free garments to the poor: Chief Minister

    • Punjab

  • Judge murdered in Patiala

    • Racing : Horse

  • Six Stars poised for a hat-trick
  • Da Vinci Rose appeals most
  • Romantic Count takes the honours
  • Mohican Chief triumphs
  • Oxford Properties to sponsor a race
  • Premier Star and Shyboy shine

    • Racing : Motor

  • McLaren tops the time sheets
  • Armaan takes pole

    • Raichur

  • Congress workers' rally in Raichur on Monday

    • Rajasthan

  • Sawai Jaipur Awards presented

    • Ramanathapuram

  • Rain continues for the third day
  • Police worried over actors' participation in guru pooja

    • Religion

  • Spiritual experience

    • Salem

  • Stir staged seeking action against police
  • Green cover on dump yards yet to take off
  • Demonstration staged seeking action against police officials
  • TAHDCO official to interact with people on Podhigai TV

    • Shimoga

  • `Breakfast delivery' from November 1

    • Sport

  • Hayden's redemption
  • Sreesanth in squad, Laxman ignored
  • Hayden hits a patient century
  • Shilong, Zhong share the lead
  • Daley Thompson ready to coach Indians
  • Sharath Kamal completes sweep
  • Karan Rastogi triumphs

    • Sports : General

  • Vikramjit Singh emerges champion
  • A positive step, says Brijesh Patel

    • Srikakulam

  • Works costing Rs. 2 crores sanctioned

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Tata Indicom unveils new mobile scheme
  • Projects being executed in a hurry
  • Victims of STF atrocities urge NHRC intervention
  • Briefly
  • In Tirunelveli Today
  • In Salem Today
  • In Erode Today

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • 88 per cent of rural works completed
  • SHGs told to take govt. schemes to people
  • A delectable spread
  • 3,222 taluk-level hospitals to be modernised
  • New police sub-division formed in Uthangkarai
  • RDO takes charge

    • Tennis

  • Asian finals postponed
  • Safina stuns Sharapova

    • Thanjavur

  • Govt. urged to procure coconuts
  • Sangeethanjali to Shyama Sastrigal
  • Focus on eye donation

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • INA roots fading into history
  • Kerala will be made global research platform, says Mani
  • From Pakistan, with love
  • `CPI(M) diverting attention from city development'
  • Rework growth priorities, KPCC tells Government
  • Vayalar award for Sachidanandan
  • Spotlight on the plight of Dalits
  • A film festival on natural disasters
  • `Graft in procurement of copra'
  • Final figures of civic polls
  • Stop recovery on farm loans, says Achuthanandan
  • Harry Potter festival from October 17
  • Rally flagged off
  • Cheating: one held
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Law & Order
  • Campus Notes

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 15, 1955: Appeal to Congressmen
  • dated October 15, 1955: One unit for W. Pakistan
  • dated October 15, 1955: Gandhi Memorial Mantap

    • Thrissur

  • Painting exhibition for welfare of renal patients
  • 8 students suspended

    • Tiruchi

  • Sanitary workers dump Corpn. diktat
  • Call for healthy approach towards the mentally ill
  • A bright gesture to the visually challenged
  • Call for healthy approach towards the mentally ill
  • Marketing SHG products to students
  • They keep pollution at bay for a living
  • Environmental activity, a subject for college students
  • Three killed as motorcycle rams machine
  • Hindu Munnani leader held in cheating case
  • Councillors arrested for squatting on road
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirunelveli

  • `KVIC must display SHG products in exhibitions'
  • Wear helmets; avoid fatal accidents, says DIG
  • The Hindu opens office at Palayamkottai

    • Tumkur

  • `e-grama' ready for launch in Tumkur
  • Car, bus collide; three killed

    • Tuticorin

  • New technology for effective solid waste management gains prominence
  • Measures for peaceful conduct of `Skanda Shashti' festival
  • Two male foxes rescued
  • Two held for stealing jewels from passenger

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Private sanitary workers to keep Coonoor clean
  • Opening the door to awareness
  • Sustained efforts to improve image of Nilgiris tea pays off

    • Udupi

  • Insurance employees oppose increase in FDI limit
  • Swamiji attends fest
  • Ban on `Ajalu padhati'

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • 3 killed in clashes; curfew in Mau areas
  • AMU teachers, students welcome Centre's decision
  • Conspiracy being hatched against my Govt.: Mulayam
  • Two die in panchayat polls

    • Vijayawada

  • Land prices plummet in Vijayawada
  • Mughalai Kitchen fare a big draw
  • Dentist under cloud on warpath
  • Budameru in spate again
  • Dentist under cloud on the warpath
  • Mayor visits 25th ward
  • Four drowned while crossing rivulet
  • Around the city
  • In Vijayawada Today

    • Visakhapatnam

  • Koi bachao from this loud assault, please!
  • All the action is for a bridge
  • Fears of LPG shortage put to rest
  • Gajuwaka inundated, people in low-lying areas to be shifted
  • Architecture show on October 29, 30
  • Spooky... with a silly twist
  • Setting `standards' for a safe, secure world
  • Real life love story perfected in reel by Balaji Shakthievel
  • New means to detect kerosene in petrol
  • Boy's medical care case adjourned
  • Strike: Vizag RTC region in active mode
  • NGO seeks legal aid for arrested sex workers
  • Five Russian ships arrive at ENC
  • Northeast monsoon active in coastal region
  • Engineer falls to death
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today

    • Volleyball

  • KSP keeps winning
  • Sun, St. Xaviers in final

    • Warangal

  • Troops on cycle expedition arrive in Warangal
  • Heavy vehicle drivers' services requisitioned
  • DCC chief hosts Iftar party

    • Weather

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